CVE-2014-1949

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1949
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-16 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionGTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 All All All
Application Gnome Gtk All All All All
Operating System Linuxmint Linux Mint 17.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[also affects Mint 17] [CVE-2014-1949]cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20) · Issue #44 · linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Third Party Advisory
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0374 - Updated gtk+3.0 packages fix CVE-2014-1949 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
#759145 - Followup: CVE-2014-1949: cinnamon-screensaver can be bypassed by pressing Menu key - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-2475-1: GTK+ update | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:162 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Bug 1064695 – CVE-2014-1949 cinnamon: bypass screensaver lock via the keyboard's Menu key af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
oss-sec: Re: cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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